Which reason best explains how the French and Indian War led to American independence?
A
It left the British with a large debt burden, which led to heavy taxation of the colonists that angered them.
B
It made the colonists afraid because they saw France lose Canada as a colony to the British.
C
It helped colonists to take over the fur trade, which gave them money for the Revolutionary War.
D
It showed that the colonists did not need the British because they had learned to fight battles on their own.